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Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith reprise their roles as Jay and Silent Bob in Kevin Smith's Clerks II. Both will be visiting Indy on May 20. / Photographer: Darren Michaels

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One of the great cultural touchstones of my 20s was the movie “Clerks,” the 1994 breakthrough for indie director Kevin Smith.

So as both a cinephile and nostalgia addict, I was excited to see that Smith and Jason Mewes are bringing their "Jay and Silent Bob Get Old" podcast to Butler University on May 20. The event at Clowes Memorial Hall will also involve a screening "Jay and Silent Bob's Super Groovy Cartoon Movie." (And if those two are getting old, sigh ... )

Remember “Clerks,” and its 2006 sequel, “Clerks II”? Randal and Dante were like so many of my peers in high school and in our collective service-industry years. I swear I had a coworker who’d whine repeatedly, “I’m not even supposed to be here today!”

Surely their kind still staffs the Indy area’s convenience and grocery stores, right?

If you know any quirky/great convenience store clerks in the area — and want to see them recognized and/or memorialized in honor of Smith and Mewes’ visit — let me know!

Email me at heycori@indystar.com ... or tag me with the hashtag #indyclerks on Twitter or (if you get a photo) Instagram!

Please give me the name of the store where they work, and of course their names if you know it. Let me know the time that they’re likely to be around ... because I or a colleague will want to talk with them for a story!